Cigarette machine



March 27, 1934. s. c. MILLER CIGARETTE MACHINE Filed Nov. 8, 1932 n RLE? attorneys.

Patented Mar. 27, 1934 CIGARETTE MACHINE 7 Samuel C. Miller, Louisville,Ky., assignor to Jones-Miller-Veeneman Corporation,

Louisville,.Ky., a corporation of Kentucky Application November 8, 1932,Serial No. 641,782 7 3 Claims.

The present invention relates to improvements in cigarettes and methodand means for making same, and has for an object to provide an improvedprotected cigarette in which the same is wrapped in Cellophane or someother equivalent moisture-proof external wrapper, whereby the conditionof the tobacco may be preserved for long periods of time and preventedfrom drying out and deteriorating.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved method wherebycigarettes may, in their manufacture, be wrapped in Cellophane or thelike in addition to the usual rice paper wrapper.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved machinewhereby the articles above described may be made, and it is a feature ofthe invention that the present practice and apparatus is not departedfrom materially, but the adjuncts, by which the improved articleaccording to the invention is made possible, are in the nature ofaccessories which are easily and inexpensively added to the present typeof equipment.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention will be morefully described'hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed outin the claims appended hereto.

In the drawing, wherein like symbols refer to like or correspondingparts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of an apparatus constructed in accordancewith the present invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of p the same with parts broken away andparts shown in section.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the article produced, and V Figure 4is a section taken on the line 14 in Figure 3.

Referring more particularly to the drawing one embodiment of a machineis shown in which the usual rice paper or cigarete paper is representedas originally occupying a roll 5, the paper being drawn off from thisroll and fed into a shaping thimble 6. The shaping thimble taperslongitudinally and is formed with convergent upper walls '7 for thepurpose of rolling the paper 5 into tubular form.

Tobacco occupying a hopper 8 is fed through a spout 9 to the paper 5,within the former or thimble 6. The adhesive roll is indicated at 10,such roll being preferably driven at the same speed as. the movement ofthe paper 5. The roll 10 receives adhesive and supplies it to the paper5, the paper being overlapped and the pressure rolls or other means 11being employed to gether whereby to afiix same.

The tube 12 througli'which the filled paper is" drawn after passing therolls 11 will apply pressure also to fasten the seam in the paper joint.A roll of Cellophane or like paper is indicated at 13 and the same isbrought down through a slot 14 near the end of the tube 12 and at theupper portion of said tube. The Cellophane paper passes beneath anip-turned lip 15 on a former or thimble 16 similar to the thimble 6,except that the same is turned on its axis through 180, so that thetapering or flaring walls 17 are disposed beneath and not uppermost asin the case of the walls 7. The thimble 16 will also be of tapering formin order to shape the Cellophane in a tube or cylinder about the filledpaper coming from the tube 12.

The Cellophane is sealed by an adhesive applying roller or other device18 and. by the use of pressure rolls 19 and a pressure tube or trough20.

In this way Cellophane is caused to encase the cigarette during theprocess of manufacture. The cigarettes are cut off in lengths asrequired by the knife 21. The parts may all be actuated by means of aline shaft 22 having appropriate gearing as indicated.

The above apparatus is similar in form and operates similarly to thatshown in the prior patent to Simon No. 1,117,527, granted November 17,1914.

In Figures 3 and 4, I have shown the improved cigarette consisting ofthe inner filler 23 of tobacco, the outer customary rice paper wrapper24 sealed, as indicated at 25, and the external Cellophane wrapper 26sealed or joined, as indicated at 2'7. 7

In Figure 3 this cigarette article is also shown as having Cellophane orthe like capsules 28 encasing the ends thereof, whereby to furtherprotect the tobacco against contamination and drying. These capsules 28are similar to the capsules used for containing medicines.

Of course, the invention is applicable to various other types ofcigarette making machines and only one embodiment of the invention isshown herein.

In use, the capsules 28 are removed and discarded and the Cellophanetube will be sufliciently large to permit pushing the cigarette out ofthe tube or allowing it to slip out by gravity when the article isturned endwise.

'It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in thedetails of construction and design of the above specifically describedembodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof,such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of thefollowing claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In an apparatus for forming moisture-proof cigarettes, a former forforming cigarette paper into tubular form about a filler of tobacco, and

a second former for receiving Cellophane or phane paper about thecigarette paper, said former and said sealing means for the Cellophanepaper forming an extension of the former and sealing means for thecigarette paper.

3. In an apparatus for the manufacture of moisture-proof cigarettes, aformer for shaping cigarette paper into tubular form about a filler oftobacco, means 'for sealing the edges of the cigarette paper, a secondformer for receiving Cellophane or the like paper and fashioning thesame in tubular form about the cigarette paper, and means for sealingthe edges of the Cellophane paper about the cigarette paper, said formerand said sealing means for the Cellophane paper forming an extension ofthe former and sealing means for the cigarette paper, the seam formed bythe former and sealing means for the Cellophane paper being in a linenot coincident with the seam formed by the former and sealing means forthe cigarette paper.

SAMUEL C. MILLER.

